One possibility is to think of the iPhone(s) as being the USB keys: iOS gives 
each app a sandboxed area of storage that is accessible if you plug the device 
into iTunes via USB: you can see the files and drag and drop new files into it. 
From the perspective of the PC, the device pretty much is a USB stick. (Indeed 
I’ve often used my iPhones as a sneakernet file transfer device just like that).

So, an Internet-less strategy for distribution would be that you periodically 
connect each device to your iTunes machine, pull out any changes the user has 
made to the file, and update it with the freshest version.

Best wishes

Jeremy.

> On 12 Oct 2018, at 17:05, David Masterson <dsmaster...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The main reason is absolute and easy security.  It is really simple to give 
> my (not too computer savvy) family a USB key to plug into their iPhone when 
> needed to access things like medical records.  It would also be nice if they 
> could, in a controlled manner, update the information on the USB key if they 
> need to (like record that they went to a doctor's appointment and what the 
> results were).  Everything would be neatly stored on the USB key with no 
> chance for a hacker to get to.  I could make daily encrypted backups of the 
> USB key at home as well for safety.
> 
> On Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 4:41:54 PM UTC-7, TonyM wrote:
> David,
> 
> Whilst reasons such as this have moved me away from the Apple eco system I 
> believe you may be able to achieve the equivalent by other means. 
> 
> Perhaps you could share the requirements you have that prompted you to choose 
> a USB drive as the way to deliver a TiddlyWiki to the iPhone.
> 
> In many cases tiddlywiki will work offline because its effectively cached in 
> the browser, or can be held on local disk. If you then want to save it or 
> export changes to another location you can do so once on Internet, or 
> LAN/Intranet.
> 
> Personally I like having TiddlyWikis served by Node on my phone, so when on 
> the home wifi I can access it from my desktop, at which point I can make 
> extra backups etc...
> 
> I think this can still be kept simple for users, but if you can voice your 
> goals let us know and we can help.
> 
> Regards
> Tony
> 
> 
> On Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 11:03:59 AM UTC+11, David Masterson wrote:
> Still looking for information on whether TiddlyWiki can be used on a USB 
> Stick under iOS...
> 
> My use case would be to setup a secure wiki for my family records on a 
> (somewhat) encrypted Wiki that is stored on the USB Stick.  This Wiki would 
> need to be friendly and easy to use for my wife and daughter, so I would 
> expect that it would not be purely read-only.  They might need to take 
> (controlled) notes on the information and create tasks based upon the 
> information that I would setup ways for them to do on the stick.  The stick 
> provides the security that nothing gets out on the Internet unless they want 
> it to.  They might access the stick via their (iOS) telephone or the home 
> Windows computer.  Years ago, classic Tiddlywiki was a *GREAT* option for 
> this as the add-ons provided a lot of nice interfaces for building the wiki 
> and the wiki could save any information needed to the stick.
> 
> Is it still an option with restrictions on saving?
> 
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